What are the potential unintended consequences of widespread decentralization?

Jul 16, 2019 ... We show that while the decentralized nature of the Bitcoin network "democratizes" payments, it is not obvious that the approach increases the ... Jun 15, 2018 ... ... decentralized online social network named Mastodon. The dataset is combined with usage statistics and meta-data (geographical location and ... Mar 5, 2025 ... WordPress Can Be a Decentralized Social Hub: The Friends plugin allows WordPress users to follow other sites, aggregate content, and even act as ... Jan 31, 2024 ... Mastodon isn't new. Founded in 2016 by German software developer Eugen Rochkom, the platform operates on a blockchain or collection of ... We argue that the future of B2B commerce lies in public decentralized networks such as Ethereum. This new B2B era will require enterprises to have nine ... To accommodate the massive amounts of data that will converge into 6G and the Internet, trusted decentralized infrastructure must be built using various ... We survey one particular line of network research, concerned with small-world phenomena and decentralized search algorithms, that illustrates this style of ... May 15, 2024 ... They have entered into a strategic collaboration for the decentralized manufacturing of Galapagos' CAR-T cell therapies through BCA's network in the US. Jul 25, 2023 ... Decentralized clinical trials in the trial innovation network: Value, strategies, and lessons learned. Daniel F Hanley Jr. Vivaldi: A Decentralized Network Coordinate System. Frank Dabek, Russ Cox, Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris. MIT CSAIL. Cambridge, MA fdabek,rsc,kaashoek,rtm@mit ...